Overthinking Underachievers Gifts

"Will people ever say of me - he made his mark?"

"Bark or stare? Always a tough decision. Bark? Maybe stare? Whimper? Maybe? Meanwhile, stare."

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

Overjumpers

"Doing your homework may lead to a job that has homework."

That party went well.

No Immediate Danger

"I figured out how to raise my grades."

"Well, if you're still awake when the time changes, you'll lose an hour of overthinking everything, too."

'I told you hard work would pay off in the third grade, Cate...You've had three job offers.'

"Could you please downgrade this to a C? High expectations bring out the worst in my parents."

'The bad news is you failed all your courses. The good news is you passed the urine test.'

"This may be Malcolm Gladwell talking, but we were married on the wrong day!"

'They're a very successful family.'

"I'd like to be a shake-it-off kind of person, but I'm more of a cling-to-it-and-focus-on-it-until-it's-irrevocably-weaved-into-my-psyche sort of gal."

Workaholics Anonymous meeting: 'No one showed up. Everyone is working.'

'No ulcers shows me you haven't reached your full potential.'

"Stop applying! You've been accepted to three universities!"

"The chairman said he wanted to see you when you got out of hospital."

"There must be some way of getting yourself fired."

"Looks like a storm ahead, Captain." "I think you're being over dramatic."

"If I go to the party alone, will I be able to leave when I want? But then, there's always the possibility that I will get stuck talking to someone. I can't shake the problem is me. What if no one else likes me? I'm the only one being critical... The issue is I'm not enough and it's really so huge." "The over thinker"

Ladder of success"...Perhaps, you'd like our economy model."

"You promised to stop bringing your work home."

Still a Disappointment to his Mother

"My problem is I obsess over whether I worry enough."

"I do my best thinking in the shower... do I need to run 5 miles a day in order to take one?"

'As much time and effort as he puts into this job, you'd think there was some money in it.'

"I asked you to hang a picture, how much more difficult can you make it?"

"Thanks a bunch. I'll just run these by our committee and pass them along."

"With a good education you can grow up to be anything I want you to be."

"Duh!"

Interview anxiety

'Ten 'A's? Frankly son, I'm disappointed that you're not more of a disappointment to me.'